The Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) spoke about how the International Transport and Logistics was affected by the Covid-19 Outbreak at an online seminar on April 8. The seminar was moderated by Turgut Erkeskin, Chairman of the Deik Logistics Business Council. Names such as Nail Olpak, Çetin Nuhoğlu and Emre Eldener attended the seminar.

Nail Olpak stated that everyone is worried, but the situation is not hopeless. Stating that the logistics sector continues to export, Olpak said that at the end of this period, the sector will be reshaped.

Çetin Nuhoğlu stated that road transport is very important in all conditions, and added that the geopolitical position of our country has a great advantage in road transport. Nuhoğlu said, “While important measures were taken for health, green lines were created for carriers. He also took measures to prevent transports on the EU roadway without hesitation." Speaking of the measures taken due to the virus, Nuhoğlu said, “There were 1,100 daily passes from Kapikule in January and February. Today, this number has dropped to 700." Nuhoğlu said," We have stated that we want drivers to be tested ".

Emre Eldener, on the other hand, explained that there are some problems in maritime transportation with the following statements; "Buyer team couldn't go to China in maritime transport and then they came to Turkey in February. Seeing that Turkey's continued manufacturing and they increased their orders. However, shipowners stopped their voyages and stopping at some ports due to decreasing container traffic and empty containers did not arrive. When the demand increased, we had to postpone the shipments. There was a 30 percent increase in freight rates. Nevertheless, the least affected sector is container transportation. the ship has arrived in Turkey for 14 days quarantine period. There is serious waiting cost on ships. ”